#278E7A#278E7A

#278E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E7A
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -33.86, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 33.93, 176.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0967 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.097 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0208, 21.1808, 21.7580)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E7A #8E273B

analogous

#278E47 #278E7A #276E8E

triadic

#278E7A #7A278E #8E7A27

tetradic

#278E7A #47278E #8E273B #6E8E27

square

#278E7A #47278E #8E273B #6E8E27

split-complementary

#278E7A #8E276E #8E4727

monochromatic

#0D2E27 #1A5E51 #278E7A #34BEA3 #5DD2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#278E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#278E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E7A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E7A	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a0',
    500: '#278e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e7a;
$custom-light: #71b0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5839,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E7A

secondary

#B8596C

accent

#4865E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E7A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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